Contents: Our Friends, The Books; Trials Of A Publisher; The Oppression Of Not; Conversation In Novels; A Short Defense Of Villains; A By-Way In Fiction; Comedy Of The Custom House; Mr. Wilde's Intentions; Humors Of Gastronomy; Children In Fiction; Three Famous Old Maids; The Charm Of The Familiar; Old World Pets; Battle Of The Babies; The Novel Of Incident; Ghosts.